is setting out a road map on Monday for lifting one of Europe's strictest national lockdowns but the millions of Britons longing for a haircut or an evening out still face a long wait.
Three weeks later, people will be able to meet outdoors in groups of up to six outdoors, and amateur outdoor sports can resume. But restaurants, pubs, gyms and hairdressers are likely to remain closed until at least April.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a vial of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222.
Hopes for a return to normality rest largely on Britain's fast-moving inoculation program that has so far given more than 17.5 million people, a third of the adult population, the first of two doses of vaccine.by July 31, and to protect over 50s and the medically vulnerable by getting them a first vaccine jab by April 15.
But look at Borris. He could use a haircut and a few gym sessions himself.